The video sound installation Sri Yantra at the Vittoriale degli Italiani Gardens conceived for Notturni Dannunziani is made of a video retroprojected in loop on one semitransparent screen and the diffusion of a musical score.

The video consists in a single take of my torso, toned in red, upon which the Sri Yantra symbol is tattooed; the movement of the abdominal area, defined by deep inspirations and expirations, follows the rhythm of the soundtrack TibetanGranularSintesisRitual by Alessandro Ragazzo specifically produced for this piece. The video functions as a reflection on the disarticulation of the polyphony of Tibetan mantras.

The video sound installation Sri Yantra at the Vittoriale degli Italiani Gardens conceived for Notturni Dannunziani is made of a video retroprojected in loop on one semitransparent screen and the diffusion of a musical score.

The video consists in a single take of my torso, toned in red, upon which the Sri Yantra symbol is tattooed; the movement of the abdominal area, defined by deep inspirations and expirations, follows the rhythm of the soundtrack TibetanGranularSintesisRitual by Alessandro Ragazzo specifically produced for this piece. The video functions as a reflection on the disarticulation of the polyphony of Tibetan mantras.

Sri Yantra is a symbol of knowledge which seemingly projects an inflexible order into the world of forms - that supreme order from which creation issues forth – the eternal coupling of male and female, light and dark, good and evil, love and hate…spirit and matter.

Only through use - and here d’Annunzio proved to truly be a master - of all our senses can we perceive that which surrounds us in the totality of its emotional aspects. For Italians, the Vittoriale is a sacred space that permits the visitor to take a leap into Nature, teacher of life. Notturni Dannunziani lead the visitor to discover every single corner, walking carefully in order not to overlook any element which could nurture our sensitivity – sensuality - Sri Yantra stops the spectator at the beginning of his journey, inviting him or her, through breath, to preserve every sensed image. - M. Riccioni.